DN5
Postcode districtPostcode district covering Scawsby and Scawthorpe, in Doncaster.
Approximate outline worked out by Open Index from the ONS Postcode Directory: each census output area belongs to the district that holds most of its postcodes. People, homes, recorded crime and broadband add up those output areas. House sales count every sale with an DN5 postcode. How census figures are added up
Radon Affected Area by postcode district
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
About 61% of people in DN5 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
How DN5 compares
Each dot is a postcode district. The black line marks the middle one.
Is DN5 safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in DN5 at a rate of 113.6 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 116.1 per 1,000 people across the DN postcode area.
In August 2026 alone, 395 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in DN5.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (1,403), anti-social behaviour (778) and other crime (719).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in DN5 was 115.7 per 1,000 people.
Worked out by Open Index from police.uk crime records and ONS and NISRA population estimates.
Rates are per resident, so places that many people work in or visit, such as Westminster, the City of London and other city centres, have far higher rates than their residents alone would suggest.
Deprivation in DN5, neighbourhood by neighbourhood
- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so DN5 has no single figure. Of its 26 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 1 (England’s most deprived 10%): 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 2: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 3: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 4: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 5: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 6: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 7: 4 neighbourhoods
- Decile 8: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 9: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 10 (England’s least deprived 10%): 2 neighbourhoods
English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England.
Neighbourhoods in DN5
| Name | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Doncaster 010A | 1,780 | 108.6 per 1,000 | 2 | 99.9% |
| Doncaster 010B | 1,538 | 201.1 per 1,000 | 1 | 88.3% |
| Doncaster 010C | 1,647 | 186.8 per 1,000 | 1 | 97.8% |
| Doncaster 010D | 1,502 | 152.1 per 1,000 | 3 | 97.2% |
| Doncaster 010E | 1,528 | 214.3 per 1,000 | 1 | 95.8% |
| Doncaster 012A | 2,096 | 59.0 per 1,000 | 6 | 100.0% |
| Doncaster 012B | 1,458 | 50.2 per 1,000 | 4 | 82.5% |
| Doncaster 012C | 1,456 | 91.8 per 1,000 | 3 | 97.4% |
| Doncaster 012D | 1,446 | 131.1 per 1,000 | 6 | 93.5% |
| Doncaster 012E | 1,290 | 93.8 per 1,000 | 4 | 94.7% |
| Doncaster 013A | 1,579 | 81.8 per 1,000 | 4 | 81.2% |
| Doncaster 013B | 1,497 | 135.7 per 1,000 | 2 | 99.8% |
| Doncaster 013C | 1,395 | 64.8 per 1,000 | 7 | 100.0% |
| Doncaster 013D | 1,428 | 242.8 per 1,000 | 2 | 98.0% |
| Doncaster 016A | 1,373 | 74.2 per 1,000 | 9 | 99.4% |
| Doncaster 016B | 1,380 | 184.8 per 1,000 | 7 | 99.7% |
| Doncaster 016C | 1,630 | 114.4 per 1,000 | 5 | 100.0% |
| Doncaster 016D | 1,620 | 78.1 per 1,000 | 8 | 98.8% |
| Doncaster 020A | 1,353 | 104.6 per 1,000 | 5 | 89.1% |
| Doncaster 020B | 1,430 | 52.8 per 1,000 | 6 | 99.1% |
| Doncaster 020C | 1,604 | 142.6 per 1,000 | 3 | 89.6% |
| Doncaster 021A | 1,532 | 151.9 per 1,000 | 5 | 99.7% |
| Doncaster 021B | 1,533 | 94.9 per 1,000 | 7 | 100.0% |
| Doncaster 021C | 1,457 | 65.4 per 1,000 | 10 | 96.1% |
| Doncaster 021D | 1,189 | 29.0 per 1,000 | 7 | 100.0% |
| Doncaster 021E | 1,835 | 39.7 per 1,000 | 10 | 99.4% |
MPs for DN5
- Ed MilibandLabourMP for Doncaster North99% of DN5’s postcodes
- Sally JamesonLabour (Co-op)MP for Doncaster Central0.6% of DN5’s postcodes
- Stephanie PeacockLabourMP for Barnsley South0.2% of DN5’s postcodes
As of , from the UK Parliament Members API. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0. Source: UK Parliament, Members API.
Middle areas in DN56
Postcode sectors in DN54
Council1
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Postcode districts next to DN510
Nearest rail stations4
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DN5 in brief
DN5 is a postcode district covering Scawsby and Scawthorpe, in Doncaster.
About 39,717 people lived in DN5 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £185,000 in 2025 across 576 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 113.6 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in DN5 was £185,000 in 2025.
DN5 had 39,430 usual residents at the census.
About 61% of people in DN5 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In DN5, 95.9% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.